Food composition.



FRECDM. BORCHERT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOOD COMPOSITION.

1,023,919. 80 Drawing.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 28, 1910. Serial No. 593,856.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED M. BORCHERT, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, re-

siding at Chicago, county of Cook, and- State of lllinois, have invented a new and useful Food Composition, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

y composition is designed for use in preparing a drink or beverage inthe manner stated below, and cbnsists in general terms, of a mixture of cocoa and one or more cereals, the cocoa comprising approximately by weight of the mixture. The cereals which I have selected for this purpose are corn, oats, rice and wheat, and the proportions in which I have combined them with the cocoa are as follows, viz:

' Cocoa 16 ounces Corn 4 Oats 5 Rice 5 v .Wheat; 2

The ingredients above named may be combined in theproportions stated, the corn, oats, rice and wheat having been first ground or pulverized, to form a non-perishable composition which may be kept on hand for immediate use, whenever desired,'in the preparation of an improved drink or beverage, which is preferably made as follows: 'l'w'o teaspoonsful of the combined ingredients above described are placed in one pint of cold milk or cold water, which is then stirred.

imtil the ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the liquid. The mass is then slowly heated until it is brought to the boiling point. plete.

When the beverage'is prepared with water instead of milk any preferred amount of milk may be added afterward, and sugar may also be added as desired.

The preparation then com- The beverage made as above described has the advantage over the ordinary cocoa or chocolate beverage in that it is much cheaper to prepare, is more nutritious and more palatable; and also in that by reason of the smaller amount ofcocoa being used in its. preparation it has less of the harmful efi'ect which is lmown to be due to the use of cocoa or chocolate as a food. For the 'same reasons, especially the last mentioned, it is also an improvement over cofl'ee.

I claim as my invention. 7

1. The herein described composition for makmg. beverages consisting of cocoa and cereals pulverized and mixed in approximately equal proportions by weight.

The herein described composition for making beverages consisting of cocoa corn, oats, rice, and wheat pulverized and mixed, said cocoa comprising approximately onehalf part by weight of the composition.

3. The herein described composition for making beverages consisting of cocoa, 16 parts by weight; -corn, 4 parts; oats, 5 parts; rice, 5 parts; wheat, 2 parts, all of said ingreldients being pulverized and mixed toet er.

g 4. The herein described composition consisting of cocoa, corn, oats, rice and wheat pulverized and intimately mixed to form a non-perishable composition adapted for use I in preparing abeverage.

In witness whereof I have hereunto-affixed my name'in the presence of two witnesses this fourteenth day of November FRED M. BORCHERT.

Witnesses: Mmmn ,V. WEIAND, Dons E. Foss. 

